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  an 
  abnormal 
  specimen 
  of 
  tlie 
  Lady-bird 
  with 
  a 
  sharp 
  spine' 
  

   on 
  the 
  left 
  shoulder, 
  with 
  black 
  head 
  and 
  thorax, 
  and 
  quite 
  

   black 
  beneath; 
  the 
  antennae 
  being 
  very 
  short, 
  but 
  of 
  normal 
  

   joints. 
  

  

  He 
  stated 
  that 
  the 
  larvae 
  had 
  been 
  bred 
  with 
  great 
  difficulty, 
  

   as 
  they 
  died 
  if 
  kept 
  too 
  damp 
  or 
  too 
  dry, 
  and 
  also 
  devoured 
  

   each 
  other. 
  In 
  the 
  end 
  each 
  larva 
  had 
  to 
  be 
  kept 
  by 
  itself 
  

   in 
  a 
  glass-topped 
  box 
  with 
  damp 
  cotton-wool 
  and 
  supplied 
  

   with 
  plenty 
  of 
  Aphidae. 
  

  

  The 
  time-table 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  bred 
  specimens 
  exhibited 
  was 
  as 
  

   follows 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  A. 
  Eggs 
  found 
  on 
  pine-needle 
  B. 
  Eggs 
  laid 
  by 
  $ 
  on 
  oak 
  leaf 
  

  

  at 
  Weybridge, 
  21.V.19. 
  at 
  Weybridge, 
  30.V.19. 
  

  

  Hatched, 
  25.V.19 
  Hatched, 
  6.vi.l9 
  

  

  1st 
  moult, 
  30and31.v.l9 
  1st 
  moult, 
  10.vi.l9 
  

  

  2nd 
  „ 
  4.vi.l9 
  2nd 
  „ 
  15.vi.l9 
  

  

  3rd 
  „ 
  12.vi.l9 
  3rd 
  „ 
  18.vi.l9 
  

  

  4th 
  „ 
  15.vi.l9 
  4th 
  „ 
  21.vi.l9 
  

  

  Larva 
  pupating, 
  22.vi.19 
  Larva 
  pupating, 
  23.vi.19 
  

  

  Pupa, 
  25.vi.19 
  Pupa, 
  28.vi.19 
  

  

  Imago, 
  9.vii.l9 
  Imago, 
  ll.vii.l9 
  

  

  An 
  Egyptian 
  Trypetid 
  Fly, 
  and 
  three 
  Diptera 
  new 
  

   TO 
  THE 
  British 
  List. 
  — 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  W. 
  Edwards 
  made 
  the 
  following 
  

   exhibits 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  1, 
  Urellia 
  augur, 
  Frauenfeld. 
  An 
  Egyptian 
  Trypetid 
  fly 
  

   with 
  wing-markings 
  curiously 
  resembling 
  a 
  small 
  fly 
  or 
  flea. 
  

   The 
  resemblance 
  is 
  most 
  probably 
  purely 
  accidental, 
  but 
  is 
  

   at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  quite 
  striking. 
  The 
  specimen 
  was 
  brought 
  

   to 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  by 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  H. 
  Greaves, 
  who 
  pointed 
  

   out 
  the 
  peculiar 
  marking. 
  Major 
  E. 
  E. 
  Austen, 
  D.S.O., 
  

   who 
  has 
  also 
  taken 
  the 
  fly, 
  did 
  not 
  observe 
  any 
  particular 
  

   resemblance 
  to 
  another 
  fly 
  in 
  life. 
  

  

  2. 
  Three 
  interesting 
  new 
  British 
  Diptera 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  (a) 
  Orthopodotnyia 
  alhiouensis, 
  MacGregor. 
  A 
  mosquito 
  

   recently 
  discovered 
  breeding 
  in 
  the 
  water 
  in 
  hollow 
  beech- 
  

   trees 
  in 
  Epping 
  Forest. 
  The 
  other 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  are 
  

   mostly 
  Tropical 
  American; 
  one 
  occurt; 
  in 
  the 
  Oriental 
  region. 
  

  

  